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CERATIN
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A fibrous scleroprotein that occurs in the outer layer of the skin and in horny tissues such as hair, feathers, nails, and hooves
Synonyms:
ceratin; keratin
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ceratin" is a kind of...):
albuminoid; scleroprotein (a simple protein found in horny and cartilaginous tissues and in the lens of the eye)
Holonyms ("ceratin" is a substance of...):
feather; plumage; plume (the light horny waterproof structure forming the external covering of birds)
hair (a covering for the body (or parts of it) consisting of a dense growth of threadlike structures (as on the human head); helps to prevent heat loss)
horn (the material (mostly keratin) that covers the horns of ungulates and forms hooves and claws and nails)
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